The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-12-21
STATE HAPPENINGS.


day morning, arrived here at 1850
m, drove to the residence Of Mr.
Joseph Levine, one OF the lrm OF
Levine Bros, and mt 2 o'clock both
gentlemen were arrested by Deputy
Sheriff Dan Ford, and all three left oh
the $3.50 train for lillsboro. Replying
to question. Deputy Sheriff Ford
said: Il received message by tclc'
phone from the sheriff of Hill county
directing me to arrest Mr.. Joseph
Levine ana Benjamin j. French and
to bring them the Hillsboro instanter.
and | am executing that order. MI.
Joseph Lyons, aged 90. committed
suicide by taking arsenic which nc
s'ppcd At intervals from Il tin cup IN
which be had mixed the poison with
water. Evidence adduccd before JAS
ticc Sleeper indicates that he com
mcnced taking poison at | o clock and
Il cd at Tuesday morning. Despon-
dency amounting to dementia is the
assumed cause Four boys, the oldest
Is and the youngest ., are alleged 10
have robbed the store of Sam Robin
son of two hams which we've hanging
in the froat. II is said, that they bur-
glariously entered the place of Charles
Koppel and carried away d job lot o.
cigarettes, cigars. irecruckers and
II oman candles They are in jail.
HILLsBoRo, Tex, Dec 2,.-Wcdnes-
day morning at o'clock fire broke
out in the building occupied in The
front by Levine Bros, as dry goods
establishment, and in the rear by the
Stures National Bank organization.
A severe wind was blowing from the
north and it seems like miracle that
the fire was stopped at the rear end OF
the Sturgis National Bank on the south
and NJ. Lewis liquor house on
the west The following are the
losses aud insurance: S,urgis Ma
tonal Bank building and Office fix
lures valued at $4,000 insured for $500.
Levine Brothers, dry goods store,
stock valued at $4,000, insured for
$4,000. Estate of George +. Sturgis,
two one-story brick buildings, valued
at $500, insured for $1,000. l.. Brin'
dry goods. stock almost total loss
valued at $1,000 insured for $40, 300.
l.. Is. Brown, grocery. stock valued NJ
$4,000. insured for $4,000. Nj. Lewis,
saloon, damage to stock and fixtures
$3.50, covered by insurance. T.. b.
Stroud. damage TO bank building 500,
fully covered. A. A. Hughes,
confectioner, damage to stock 500,
tully covered. V. H. Ivy, damage
to brick building $500, fully covered.
w. II. Mcdonald, damage to brick
building $3.50, fully covered. A. Bear,
grocer. damage to stock S75, fully
covered. w. A. Fields, damage to
Hilsboro Reflector 500, fully covered
Justice Overton impaneled jury OF in
quest to investigate the cause OF the
lire. and DR.. j. NJ. Lillard being put
upon the stand, testified that he is
here to attend 10 his mother who is
very sick, that he sat up with her
Monday night, that becoming very
sleepy he walked out to get the fresh
air and was attracted BY u light shin
ing through the front side door OF the
said building; that upon going there he
saw man get up from behind the
counter where the fire was burning
that he recognized this man as Joseph
Levine of Waco, Tex. that he ran to
the Mills Hotel and gave the alarm OF
fire, and that as he ran back TO the
building he saw said Joseph Levine
come out of said building and run
across the street. The jury of inquest,
after having heard all the evidence.
returned IN cHecI tne ioho""S WI
dict: We. the jury, find that the fire
which on the morning of Dec, 20, 1887,
burned the Sturgis National Bank build
in o and the two buildings owned by
the Sturgis estate was willfully and
dcsigncdly caused by Joseph Levine
setting fire to them. Sheriff John T.
Cox telegrapbcd to Waco foi the arrest
Of Joseph Levine. and he has been
autographed TO that Mr. Levine !;